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Health Care Concerns: AIDS, 2007.
This paper presents a survey of AIDS patient information to assist health care workers.
1,148 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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The paper explains that health care workers need to address the issues and concerns AIDS patients face in order for health care marketing for AIDS programs, therapies or alternatives be effective. The paper relates that the use of surveys is growing in popularity for AIDS researchers over face-to-face interviewing. The paper looks at a mock survey and its results and shows how although the core questions of a survey may be well constructed and elicit data, information retrieved is made more meaningful through the incorporation of demographic data. The mock survey is appended to the paper.
Outline:
Sample
Mock survey #1
Review of survey #1
Findings
From the Paper
"Acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) affects more than 887,000 individuals in the United States, with another estimated 1-2 million individuals diagnosed with its precursor virus, HIV, in its asymptomatic state (Dublin, 2004). Dublin (2004) reports that internationally, more than 20 million deaths have been the direct result of AIDS, with an estimated 38 million more individuals suffer from HIV. It takes an average of 11 years for HIV to progress into AIDS (Dublin, 2004). AIDS, however, is a progressive disease characterized by immune system suppression and associated complications that almost always prove fatal, although many individuals are responding to newer highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) which can slow the progression of the disease and/or attempt to limit the rate and number of potential complications (Dublin, 2004)."
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HIV-AIDS Patients and the Health Care System, 2002.
An assessment of minority access to the American health
care system focusing on the HIV-AIDS community.
5,926 words (approx. 23.7 pages), 36 sources, APA, AU$ 206.95
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Approximately 12 percent of the American population is without any formal health care insurance coverage. The research problem investigated in this paper concerns minority access to health care. The central issue is the determination of the best approach to improve such access, especially in relation to HIV-AIDS patients.
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Introduction
Problem
Minorities and HIV-AIDS
Interaction with Health Care System
Racial and Ethnic Orientation
Structure and Method of Investigation
Structure
Method [Focus on Outcomes]
Minorities: Health Care Delivery Problems in the Community and Health Care System
Bioethical Issues
Failure to Address Racial Differences
Failure to Address Insurance Status Differences
Health Care Delivery and Accessibility
Delivery
Accessibility
HMOs and Fee-for-Service Providers
Social Psychological Influences
Distrust of the Health Care System
Health Beliefs of Minorities
Social Identity Influences
Minority Status and HIV-AIDS
HIV-AIDS and Minority Population Groups
Origins
Ethical Issues
HIV-AIDS Health Care for Minorities
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access to Health Care
Proposed Initiative
Conclusions and Recommendations
Restatement of Problem
Summary of Findings
Conclusions
Potential Solutions
Assessment
Recommendations
References
From the Paper
"Decisions made by health care professionals in the conduct of practice typically are reached within the context of an ethical framework (Marty, 1992). Clinical ethics is defined as the systematic identification, analysis, and resolution of ethical problems associated with the care of particular patients (Zuckerman, 1994). The goals of clinical ethics include protecting the rights and interests of patients, assisting clinicians in ethical decision-making, and encouraging cooperative relationships among patients and those close to patients, clinicians, and health care institutions. Important in the definition of clinical ethics is an emphasis on clinicians, not only physicians, thus underscoring the fact that clinical ethics needs to be a multi-disciplinary endeavor that encompasses the range of clinician expertise involved in patient care."
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AIDS and the Health Care Delivery System, 2005.
A look at the effects of AIDS and HIV on the health care delivery system.
1,413 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper begins with a description of the AIDS virus and how it effects the human body and an explanation of how the virus is transmitted. The paper then examines the costs of HIV infection to the health care system and how these additional costs affect the health care delivery system in general.
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"In 1982, a disease known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, was officially recognized in the United States (Shi & Singh, 2004). Since that time, the disease has become a world-wide epidemic, with more than 830,000 cases reported in the U.S. (National Institute of Health (NIH), 2003). The disease, caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), has infected scores of people as well, with over 38 million people living with the virus worldwide in 2003. Since the first diagnosis of AIDS in 1982, over 20 million people have died worldwide (UNAIDS, 2004)."
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Health Care for HIV/AIDS Patients, 2002.
A review of the literature relevant to access to care, quality of care and funding for HIV and AIDS patients.
9,674 words (approx. 38.7 pages), 51 sources, MLA, AU$ 288.95
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The difficulty of HIV/AIDS patients in acquiring adequate and equitable health care coverage is examined. The specific problem that is investigated concerns variations between HIV/AIDS patients and non HIV/AIDS patients in relation to denial of coverage, premium levels and experimental drug approval. A thorough review of published literature from different fields is conducted in support of this study. This literature is categorized, analyzed and collected as a unified body. Conclusions about the meaning of the various reviewed studies are presented. The primary conclusions of this study are the needs for portability and true universality in health care for all, as well as guarantees that expensive and experimental treatments will be covered. The writer explains that such changes would benefit not only HIV/AIDS patients, but all Americans as well.
Abstract
The Problem
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose to the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Review of the Literature
Access to Care for HIV/AIDS Patients
Bioethical Issues
Social Psychological Influences
Effects of Managed Care on Health Care Access for HIV/AIDS Patients
Quality of Care Received by HIV/AIDS Patients
HIV/AIDS Funding
Conclusion
References
From the Paper
"A critical factor affecting access to necessary health care for HIV/AIDS patients is health care insurance coverage. Approximately 60-percent of the American population is covered by private health care insurance programs (Congressional Budget Office, 1999). Most of these programs?the very great majority?are either fully or partly funded by employers, while the remainder of such programs is funded fully by the covered individuals and families. For the remaining 40 percent of the population, the delivery of health care services is dealt with in a variety of ways, as follows: (1) for approximately 25 percent of the population, health care services are funded by the federal government, primarily through the Medicaid and Medicare programs; (2) approximately five-percent of the population, both individuals and families, who for whatever reason do not choose to contract for health care insurance, are in the financial position to pay for health care services at the time of delivery; and (3) approximately 10 percent of the population defer health care services to the point where they can non longer be deferred, at which time they typically enter the health care system as emergency patients (Congressional Budget Office, 1999). As emergency patients, their care is more expensive than it would have been if treated earlier, and the care is either (1) paid by government or charity or (2) results in charges to the patients and their families that they seldom have any hope of ever paying. In the latter case, caregivers, typically public hospitals, must absorb the losses. "
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AIDS/HIV Patients and Health Care, 2002.
A thorough examination of health care for HIV and AIDS patients and a review of the literature relevant to access to care, quality of care and funding.
9,785 words (approx. 39.1 pages), 46 sources, MLA, AU$ 291.95
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A research study is proposed that investigates the experiences of HIV/AIDS patients with health insurance. The specific problem that is investigated concerns variations between HIV/AIDS patients and non HIV/AIDS patients in relation to denial of coverage, premium levels and experimental drug approval. Literature is reviewed is support of the proposed research study. The major bodies of literature reviewed are those related to access to care for HIV/AIDS patients, the quality of care received by HIV/AIDS patients and health care funding, especially as such funding applies to HIV/AIDS care and research and with a further emphasis on future funding prospects.
Introduction
Access to Care for HIV/AIDS Patients
Bioethical Issues
Social Psychological Influences
Effects of Managed Care on Health Care Access for HIV/AIDS Patients
Quality of Care Received by HIV/AIDS Patients
HIV/AIDS Funding
The Welfare State
Summary of the Literature Review
References
From the Paper
"A critical factor affecting access to necessary health care for HIV/AIDS patients is health care insurance coverage. Approximately 60-percent of the American population is covered by private health care insurance programs (Congressional Budget Office, 1999). Most of these programs?the very great majority?are either fully or partly funded by employers, while the remainder of such programs is funded fully by the covered individuals and families. For the remaining 40 percent of the population, the delivery of health care services is dealt with in a variety of ways, as follows: (1) for approximately 25 percent of the population, health care services are funded by the federal government, primarily through the Medicaid and Medicare programs; (2) approximately five-percent of the population, both individuals and families, who for whatever reason do not choose to contract for health care insurance, are in the financial position to pay for health care services at the time of delivery; and (3) approximately 10 percent of the population defer health care services to the point where they can non longer be deferred, at which time they typically enter the health care system as emergency patients (Congressional Budget Office, 1999). As emergency patients, their care is more expensive than it would have been if treated earlier, and the care is either (1) paid by government or charity or (2) results in charges to the patients and their families that they seldom have any hope of ever paying. In the latter case, caregivers, typically public hospitals, must absorb the losses.
When all is said and done, approximately 12 percent of the country?s population is without any formal health care insurance coverage (Minahan, 1999; Rosen, Fanshel, & Lutz, 1999), although some estimates of this proportion are higher. Further, in most cases, such individuals are not in a financial position to fund such services as required. With the size of the American population established at approximately 273 million by the 1999 census estimate (Population Reference Bureau, 2000), the 12 percent without formal health care insurance translates into approximately 33 million people."
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Aids and the Health Care System, 1993.
A look at the definition, health workers; risks, effects, transmission, statistics, testing, confidentially and waivers.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 21 sources, AU$ 139.95
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"AIDS/Health Care
This paper presents a discussion of AIDS and the health care system. To this goal, the paper addresses the definition of AIDS, mandatory HIV testing, the profile of AIDS, the transmission of this disease, testing for AIDS, confidentiality, and general waivers of disclosure.
AIDS Delimited
The disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, which is more commonly referred to as AIDS, is a serious illness that impairs the ability of the body to fight infection. This disease is caused by the Human..."
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Impediments to Health Care Access for Low Income Visible Minorities, 2002.
Identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access for lower-income Americans and visible minorities and the more affluent members of America's majority.
29,350 words (approx. 117.4 pages), 135 sources, APA, AU$ 364.95
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As the American population continues to become more diverse racially, members of visible minority groups within the population become more prominent. Simultaneously, with the increase in diversity, income distribution in the American economy has become more distorted. While economic growth in the United States has surged over the past decade, the income gap has widened; not only between the richest and poorest Americans, but also between moderate-income and low-income Americans. Members of visible minorities in the population tend to be represented disproportionately in the low-income and poverty classifications in the United States. While there is an abundance of implications of this state of affairs, one of the more crucial ones is access to health care. Individual and household financial capacity, the scarcity of employer-paid health insurance among small businesses, cultural differences based in social psychology and other factors frequently act as impediments to health care access for low-income individuals and households among visible minority population groups in the contemporary United States. This problem and these issues are investigated in this study. The study identifies causal factors for the gap in health care access between lower-income Americans and members of visible minorities in the United States, on the one hand, and more affluent Americans and members of the majority segment of the population, on the other hand. The initial chapter of this study delineates the problem investigated. Specific research questions are formulated and stated to provide greater focus for the investigation.
Social psychological theory and applied social psychology literature are reviewed in the second chapter. Literature relevant to the functioning of low-income and visible minority population groups in the United States within a social psychological context are reviewed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter is devoted to a review of literature relevant to both the health care system in the United States and the experiences of low-income and visible minority population groups in relation to health care access and health care delivery in the United States. An assessment of the problem investigated, performed within the structure of the research questions, is presented in the final (fifth) chapter. Conclusions drawn from the study findings are stated and recommendations for further research are made. The summary conclusions reached through the conduct of this study relate both to health care access and health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities. With respect to health care access, the summary conclusion reached is that a universal system of health care entitlement is required in the United States. In relation to health care utilization by low-income persons and members of visible minorities, the summary conclusion reached is that extensive education is required for both low-income persons and members of visible minorities, on the one hand, and health care providers, on the other hand. Low-income persons and members of visible minorities require education on the benefits and function of health care services, while health care providers require education in the social mores of the diverse populations they must serve.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Problem Delineation
Background on the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Review of Relevant Social Psychology Theory and Literature
Introduction
Sociological Theory and Health Care
The Welfare State
Accessing Contemporary Health Care
Role of Ethics in Accessing Health Care
Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter Conclusions
Social Functioning of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
HIV/AIDS Related Behavior
Initiatives to Improve Health Care
Access and Behaviors
The American Health Care System and the Experiences of Low-Income and Visible Minority Groups
Introduction
The American Health Care System
Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems
Care Quality
Alternative Approaches to Health Care
Bioethical Issues
Problems of Accessibility
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access
Chapter Conclusions
Assessment of the Problem Discussion, Recommendations for Further Research
Appendices
Annotated Bibliography
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"Social Cognitive Theory [self-efficacy] emphasizes the role of expectancies, self-efficacy, peer normative influences, and social competency skills as key components affecting adolescents? behaviors (DiClemente, Lodico, Grinstead, Harper, Rickman, Evans, & Coates, 1996). The applicability of models based on social psychological principles for understanding African-Americans? decision-making and sexual behavior has been questioned because most such models tend to be individually-focused and do not take into account the social context in which the behavior is embedded (Cochran & Mays, 1993). Social cognitive theory, however, explicitly integrates behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors as reciprocally interactive. Thus, given the hypothesized multi-factorial nature of sexual decision making and the potential impact of the high-risk social environment of the study population, approaches based on social cognitive theory are thought to be particularly relevant for understanding the myriad factors that may affect African-Americans? sexual behavior."
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Minority Groups and the American Health Care System, 2002.
An assessment of minority access to the American Health
Care system, focusing on HIV-AIDS patients.
7,229 words (approx. 28.9 pages), 39 sources, APA, AU$ 234.95
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Approximately 12 percent of America's population is without any formal health care insurance coverage, although some estimates of this proportion are higher. The research problem investigated in this study concerns minority access to health care. The central issue in the study is the determination of the best approach to improve such access, especially in relation to HIV-AIDS patients. The paper begins with a review of health care delivery problems for minority population groups, which is followed by a consideration of the HIV-AIDS issue among minority population groups. The primary focus of this assessment is on health care outcomes.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Minorities and HIV-AIDS
Interaction with Health Care System
Racial and Ethnic Orientation
Structure and Method of Investigation
Minorities: Health Care Delivery Problems in the Community and Health Care System
Bioethical Issues
Failure to Address Racial Differences
Failure to Address Insurance Status Differences
Health Care Delivery and Accessibility
HMOs and Fee-for-Service Providers
Social Psychological Influences
Distrust of the Health Care System
Health Beliefs of Minorities
Social Identity Influences
Minority Status and HIV-AIDS
HIV-AIDS and Minority Population Groups
Origins
Ethical Issues
HIV-AIDS Health Care for Minorities
Initiatives to Improve Minority Access to Health Care
Proposed Initiative
Conclusions and Recommendations
Restatement of Problem
Summary of Findings
Conclusions
Potential Solutions
Assessment
Recommendations
From the Paper
"In the 1990s, one initiative designed to broaden access to health care services needs for the nation?s indigent involved the development of nurse-managed clinics targeting low-income persons. A nurse practitioner is a specially educated and trained nurse who provides some level of health care directly to patients without supervision by a physician.
Nurse managed clinics for the indigent are prominent in the nation?s inner cities. Nurse managed clinics such as those associated with the Kellogg Homeless Project in Washington, the Pine Street Inn in Boston, and the Los Angeles School of Nursing Health Center are delivering health care services to indigent persons at cost savings (compared to more traditional delivery venues) and in areas that would not otherwise be served by health care professionals (Sharp, 1992; Lutz, 1991)."
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Health Care Access for Low-Income Minorities, 2002.
This paper is a qualitative thesis, which assesses the impediments to health care access for low-income visible minorities in the United States.
30,578 words (approx. 122.3 pages), 135 sources, APA, AU$ 364.95
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This paper, based in sociological and social psychology concepts, identifies the causal factors for the gap between lower-income Americans and members of visible minorities in the United States and more affluent Americans and members of the majority segment of the population with respect to health care access. The author concludes, after an extensive review of the literature, that a universal system of health care entitlement is required in the United States. The author suggests that an extensive education is required for low-income persons and members of visible minorities to know the benefits and function of health care services, and health care providers require education in the social mores of the diverse populations they must serve.
Table of Contents
Problem Delineation
Background on the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Review of Relevant Social Psychology Theory and Literature
Introduction
Sociological Theory and Health Care
The Welfare State
Accessing Contemporary Health Care
Role of Ethics in Accessing Health Care
Alternative Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter Conclusions
Social Functioning of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
HIV/AIDS Related Behavior
Initiatives to Improve Health Care Access and Behaviors
The American Health Care System and The Health Care Experiences of Low-Income and Visible Minority Population Groups
Introduction
The American Health Care System
Delivery of Health Care to the Poor
Care Quality
Alternative Approaches to Delivery
Bioethical Issues
Problems of Accessibility
Initiatives to Improve Access
Chapter Conclusions
Assessment of the Problem
Discussion
Recommendations for Further Research
Annotated Bibliography
From the Paper
"One of the major impediments to the attainment of universal access to healthcare in the United States is the functioning of for-profit Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and managed care organizations (MCOs). These organizations are investor-owned organizations that are in business to make a profit on healthcare delivery. Non-for-profit healthcare organizations also must earn a profit on their operations in order to be able to compensate and train staff, acquire new technology, and generally improve the quality of their services. Unlike investor-owned healthcare companies, however, non-for-profit organizations are not driven by share prices and the bottom-line mentality of for-profit companies. Thus, patient-centered care in not-for-profit healthcare organizations may be contrasted with the investor orientation of the for-profit healthcare companies. Recent decisions by for-profit healthcare companies to drop their Medicare healthcare groups because of substandard profit growth illustrates as no amount of rhetoric can the precedent of investor concerns over patient concerns in the for-profit healthcare companies."
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Health Care in Rural America, 2006.
This paper examines the lacking health care system in rural communities in the United States.
1,252 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 62.95
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This paper focuses on the obvious causes of the disparate health care system that exist in rural areas across America, which are linked to lower levels of fiscal ability and lower incidence of access to hospitals. The writer of this paper contends that children in rural communities face the largest obstacles in obtaining the proper support services, due mostly to their cultural and geographic factors. This paper examines the various issues plaguing these rural communities while also focusing on the lack of quality mental health care and the increasing concern over the high rates of AIDS/HIV. This paper stresses the importance of addressing the mental health concerns of communities with little or no access to quality health care services. The writer of this paper explains why education is key to implementing positive treatment for rural mental health and is crucial to the development of systems that can address the growing concern for HIV/AIDS. This paper also discusses the correlation between increasing incidences of AIDS and HIV in rural communities lacking proper health care services.
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"As research is beginning to support the conclusion that taking care of mental health in its nascent stages of problem decreases the ultimate need for more physical care , addressing the mental health concerns of a community with little or no access to quality health care is of the utmost importance; at the same time, filling the community with information about the problems that can arise in high-stress lifestyles, particularly those associated with land-oriented professions at the whims of nature, and the psychological effects they might have is critical. Education, key to starting positive treatment for rural mental health, is critical to the development of good systems that can address the growing concern for HIV/AIDS. According to the National Rural Health Association, HIV/AIDS has a growing negative impact on the health of rural communities in America."
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Americans Without Health Care, 2008.
An examination of the current US health care system, highlighting the necessity for the introduction of reform and improvements in order to assist all sections of the community.
1,186 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 59.95
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This paper deals with the necessity to introduce a health care program in the US that is available to all persons and that deals with all relevant issues. The paper highlights the decline in the effectiveness of the current system and calls on the nursing profession to introduce a cost effective program and to encourage co-operation between patients and the health care programs. The paper continues by emphasizing that the nursing profession is in the front line and is able to introduce an affordable medical aid system to suit all facets of society.
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The issue
Background
Nurse's relevance on the issue
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The quality of health care continues to decline and be inadequate as crisis management is more and more becoming the patchwork solution for the nation's ineffectual healthcare system. This is not to say that there are not certain elements that of the current health care system that should not be maintained and continued. Reform should build upon the best parts of the current health care system and begin moving toward patient wellness and care. Nursing organizations realize what is needed in the area of reform and plan to convert rather than eliminate the current health care system."
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Prescription Drugs and the Health Care Industry, 2008.
An examination of the rising costs of medicine and its effect on the health care and medical aid programs.
1,534 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 73.95
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The paper discusses the growing concern over the increase in prices and the reduction in the affordability of prescription medications. The paper highlights the fact that the FDA has proposed reviewing prescription drug advertising material before they are allowed to be viewed by the public. In addition, the paper recommends that clinical trials used to support advertising claims, be approved by them. The paper confirms that the research shows that pharmaceutical companies have to be made more accountable for their products and advertising promises.
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"Another possibly even more disconcerting criticism of the prescription drug industry is the numerous allegations of manipulation and even false information. As the saying goes, with power comes corruption and there have certainly been assertions in the media and in many research studies that the drug companies are exploiting the health care market to a great extent. For example, there is the allegation that the drug companies are manipulating the public through their advertising campaigns and are in fact influencing the way that doctors and other health care professionals prescribe drugs."
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Historical Epidemics and Modern Public Health Care, 2003.
A look at the impact of historical epidemics on modern public health care policy.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 116.95
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This paper discusses how historical epidemics like the bubonic plague in Europe in the fourteenth century, the influenza outbreak of 1918-1920, smallpox during the 1960s and AIDS have impacted modern public health care policy and protocols.
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" Jonsen and Stryker argue that both historically and in moderntime's epidemics have been responsible for having a monumental impact on the following social institutions. The public health system ..."
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China?s Health Care System, 2004.
This paper discusses the lack of equity in access to health care and the changing epidemiology of disease patterns related to economic development and the aging population in China.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 91.95
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This paper explains that, from the 1950s to the 1980s, China made remarkable gains in health and life expectancy due to a broad, publicly financed and implemented disease prevention strategies with accessible health services. Nonetheless, beginning in the early 1990s, mortality rates increased in some very poor areas. The author points out that tuberculosis remains a major killer and cause of morbidity; other infectious and endemic diseases pose significant burdens, particularly in rural areas where the major causes of death are associated with maternal and child health; additional problems are the recent growing incidence of HIV/AIDS and the SARS epidemic. The paper stresses that basic public health functions cannot be provided reliably through reliance on market mechanisms and that public financing is required to benefit the whole of society.
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"China?s image around the world was damaged due to the government?s evasive and tardy response to the challenge of the SARS virus that led to the disease spreading nationwide and worldwide. By the middle of 2003, the disease had spread to more than thirty countries, and the rapidity of the spread triggered fears around the globe resulting in about one hundred countries enforcing border control in an attempt to keep the virus out. More than ten countries announced that Chinese citizens would not be allowed to enter their countries, while the rest imposed restrictions on Chinese citizens going to their countries to prevent a SARS outbreak."
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Rising Health Care Costs, 2004.
An overview of the reasons and possible explanations for the dramatic rise in health costs.
2,180 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 98.95
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This paper examines how, although advances in medicine have meant that people live longer, they come with a price, which the medical aid schemes are typically required to cover. It looks at how the bottom line is that working people's premiums have to subsidize pensioners, who are the ones who usually require most of the care. It discusses how, as the cost of medical treatment escalates, a fine balancing act is also required to balance the books and how major chronic illnesses, such as HIV and various forms of cancer, are impacting the people who can pay health care premiums, as well as increasing the number of those who require a high level of medical attention.
Outline
Health Care Spending
A Brief Explanation
Utilization
Competition
Past Medical History
Medical Technology
Conclusion
From the Paper
"In the mid-1990s, Americans began spending more of each dollar on health care than on food or housing (Phelps, 1997). This new way of spending indicated that society can devote fewer resources to life's basics and more to resources to improving the quality of life. This was proven true when the prediction that health care spending would surge within the decade, had multiplied from one-seventh of the gross domestic product (GDP) to one-quarter of the GDP by the year 2000 (Strunk, 2003). According to Struck it continued from there because in 2001, health spending rose 8.7 percent, to $1.4 trillion, and accounted for 14.1 percent of the total economy, the largest share on record (2003)."
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Health Care in Prisons, 1996.
Services available, views of public, politicians & administrators, AIDS, gender issues, examples, TB, public health, costs.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 40 sources, AU$ 174.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the current status of health care within the American state and federal correctional systems. The plan of the research will be to set forth the context in which prison-related health care takes place, and then to discuss the administrative environment in which treatment takes place, the availability of primary, maintenance, and rehabilitative health-care services for the varieties of both major and minor medical problems and where they are provided, the quality of care and how it is monitored, and the economic aspects of health-care services in prisons.
In 1971, describing prisons as "factories of crime," Ramsey Clark (1971, pp. 212-13) wrote that "ninety-five per cent of all expenditure in the entire corrections effort of the nation is for custody--iron bars, stone walls, guards. Five per cent is for ..."
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